Retaining-wall.



Mn 'M. UPSON. RETAININ GWALL.

APPLIGATIO I FILED mam, 1908.

Patented Got. 26, 1909.

nn'rrn stra'rns Parent 1 sown?" W." p the n MAXWELL in. UPSON, on NEW YORK, n. Y.- nssienoii To nrrrmonn concnn'rn FILE COMPANY, or CHICAGO, Immerse CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

RETAINING-WALL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 245.,

Application filed March 10, 1908. Serial No. 420,164.

To all 'urlio'm it may concern:

Be it known that l. )VIAXYELL M. Ursox, tion.

a citizen of the United. ht ates. residing in the city of ."ew York. county and State of New York. have invented certain new and useful improvements in Retaining-Vl alls, of which the following is a (specification.

illjy invention relates to the formation of walls adapted for dock work, sea-wall work and the like,'.although as will be understood such walls may have many other useful applications.

The object of my invention is to provide 1 'all consisting of a combination of concrete piling and curtain walls of sheet piling formed of wood concrete or any other suitable material.

For the purpose of aclear description of my invention I have illustrated the same as a sea-wall or dock retaining wall, although as will be understood my invention is not limited thereto! Y t In the accompanying drawing Figure lis a plan view of my retaining wall; Fig. 2 a sectionfon the line 2 of Fig. i; Fig. 3 an end elevationof the wall with pm'tionsthercground to the top of the pile is cast in posiof in section and F ig. 4 a front elevation. of E the Wall with a port ion in" section.

Referring to the present embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the drawings, the retaining wall therein shown is a combination of concrete piling and sheet pilin The concrete piling consists of a series of concrete piles 1 in pairs, one member of each pair being at the line of the wall and the other member being in the rear thereof, or in other Words the'piles are arranged in t-woparallel rows, the front row being in the line of the wall and the other row being to the rear thereof. These-piles are preferably cast on land with suitable reinforcement and.

This construction forms a buttress adapted to take the thrust against the retaining wall. clearly shown in Fig. 2-3 the piles are prornterl with oyeboits 4 to which are connected tie rods running diagonally tron), the lower end of one of the piles to near the upper end of its companion pile. 'lhes tie rods are placed 111 position before the concrete wall'li is formed, with the result that. the tie rods are imi'iedded withm said wall when the buttress is coni- L V I. i 1 pleted. By preteience the members oi eacn pair of piles are tied together by horizontal reinforcing rods 6.

The retaining wall proper is arrz'inged be tween the buttresses described and inwterial for said Walt sheet piling of any suitable material, preferably steel. may be employed, the same being dri en into the ground with a penetration sutli. i.ent to take care of the horizontal thrust at the base of the piling. This sheet piling may either rest at its ends in a l'tCtH2-1. lll. the sides of the concrete piling or the first s: :rion of the sheetpiling may be cast with the concrete piling either method making a. tight joint which would prevent the passage of either water or material from one face of the wall to the other. The penetration of this sheet piling should be of su'llicient depth to avoid all. possibility of. the action of the water carrying material underneath the. surface of the ground from one side of the wall to the other. In order to rcs'.. the horizontal thrust at the top of the wall 1 preferably provide a concrete horizontal lieam S bridg ing from buttress to buttress which beam also serv to protect the sheet piling and insure 1' aximum length of iife. it will be understood that this curtain wall or retaining wall proper may he made of co crete e20 tending between. the buttresses" .om the ground to the top, in which event it would not be necessary to have such sin-mounting fbeamexcept as the same than no desirable 845,120. As is well known, after the form or core is driven into the ground together with the shell and such form or core is withdrawn, the shell 2 remains in the ground. After the piles are thus placed in the relative positions shown, that is the pairs of piles being at right angles to the face of the wall, a concrete wall 3 of any suitable depth but preferably extending from the surface of the l l i t t i l to take the horirm' iutalthrusta t the top o the wall. If desired this beam may be reintorced by means of rods 9.

My invention provides a wall which is practieall indestructible, while keptunder water and which affords a. maxinnun. rigidity with a minimum amount of n'iaterial. luurthcrmm'e a wall of this character may be constructed without the use of caissonsor divers, thereby materiall decreasing the cost. And on account of t e possibility of using materials to their best advantage, the

. cost per linegl foot of this construction is' very much ecreased from ordinary wall structures.

The chief purpose of my invention is to i provide a suitable and eilicient construction 'capable of taking care of horizontal prescasethe walls or webs with the braces would structlon, tb webs and tying referred to taking care o the pressure of steamers and also staying lie dock against the pressure of the current, etc.

I claim: i

l' A retaining wall comprising pairs of concrete piles and concrete walls between the members of each. pair to form' buttresses, and aretaining wall proper sec red to the buttresses; substantially as described.

2. A retaining wall comprising a retaining wall proper and buttresses consisting of pairs of concrete piles and concrete walls arranged between the members of each pair of piles and forming an integral structure with the piles; substantially as described.

3. A retaining wall comprising a retaining wall proper and buttresses consisting 0t, pairslot concretepiles, concrete walls atbe applied t? adjacent piles in dock conranged between the members of each pair of pilesand forming an integralstrurtdre with the piles, and tie rods' between the members of the pairs of piles substantially as described. 4. A retaining wall comprising a retaining Wall proper and buttresses consisting of pairs of concrete iles, concrete walls arranged between the members of each pair of piles and forming an integral. structure with the piles, and diagonal tie rods extending between the lower end of one member of a pair of piles to the upper end of the other member, and embedded in said concrete wall substantially as described.

5. A retaining wall comprising a retaining'wall proper and buttresses consisting of palrs of concrete piles, concrete walls arranged between the members of each pair of piles and forming an integral structure with the piles, eye-bolts in the upper and lower-ends of the pil s, and diagonal tie rods extending betwee. the lower eye-bolt of one member of a pair of piles to the upper. eye-bolt of the other member, said tie rod s' being embedded in said concrete wall; substantially as described.

6. A retaining wall comprising a retainese,o91

ing wallpiroper and buttresses consisting of pans of concrete piles, and tie rods between ranged between and secured to the buttresses and a cross beam bridging from buttress to buttress and surmounting such retaining wall; substantially as described.

8. A retaining wall comprising buttresses formed by a series of piles and interposed concrete walls, and a retaining wall proper arranged between and having its ends embedded in'the piles which are inthe line of the retaining ,wall; substantially as described.

9. A retaining wall comprising buttresses formed by a series of piles and interposed concrete walls, and sheet iling arranged between the piles which are in the line of the retaining wall and extending into the ground; substantially as described.

10. A retaining'wall comprising buttresses formed by a ser es of piles and interposed concrete walls, and sheet piling arranged between the piles which are in the line of the retaining wall and having its ends secured tolsnch piles; substantially as described.

:11. A retaining wall. comprising buttresses formed by ser1es of piles and "interposed /concrete wa ls, and a retainin wall proper arranged between and secure to the buttresses,' sa id buttresses being at right angles 'to the ,face of the retaining wall properg'sub- .stantially as described. I 12. 'A retaining wall comprising a series of concrete pilesarranged' in pairs at ri ht f t 1 angles to the face 0 e wall, shells which are positioned in the ground and extending below the water level and into which the piles are placed, concrete walls between the members of the pairs of piles, and a retaining wall proper secured to the front'meinbers of the pairs, of piles; substantially as described.

'13. The combination with av pair of concrete piles and a concrete wall arranged be tween and forming an integral structure therewith, one of the piles being exposed to the pressures and the other being in the rear thereof; substantially as described.

14. The combination with a pair of concrete piles, one of which is exposed to the pressures and the other being in the rear thereof, a concrete wall arranged between said piles, and tie rods extendlng between,

said piles and embedded insaid wall; substantlally as described.

MAXWELLM. UPsoN;

Witnesses H. R. Moran, I. A. FIsK. 

